Apple Removes ShapeShift From App Store

Apple appears once again to be restricting the use of digital currencies on iOS, with the removal of multi-currency trading app ShapeShift from its mobile App Store.

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ShapeShift’s Currency Swaps Without Accounts

ShapeShift offers direct swaps between 34 popular cryptocurrencies, without the need for user identification or accounts. While it does trade and transmit those coins, it is not a wallet and does not store users’ private keys.

Reddit user ISkiAtAlta posted earlier that ShapeShift had vanished from the iOS App Store in the US. Users in other locations around the world confirmed it had been removed from their stores also.

At this stage it is not known whether the removal is permanent, or temporary pending some requested change.

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